Chapter 4: What is Sociological about Crime?
- Criminal Trajectories of White-collar Offenders - This article explores the criminal development of white-collar offenders, demonstrating that crime is not limited to those from low economic backgrounds.
1. How does an offence-based approach to white-collar criminals differ from offender-based traditions?
2. What are the three white-collar offender groups identified by Weisburd and Waring?
3. According to research, when do white-collar workers start offending?
- Crime and Place: Proximity and the Location of Methamphetamine Laboratories - This article explores the location of methamphetamine drug laboratories, highlighting that different forms of crime need to be understood through different frameworks.
1. How does the racial profile of methamphetamine users differ from other illegal drugs?
2. Where are methamphetamine labs usually based?
3. How do the findings from this study demonstrate that crime does not have universal causal dynamics?
- Durkheim and Criminology: Reconstructing the Legacy - This article gives a comprehensive overview of the contributions of Durkheim to criminology and demonstrates how his work continues to inform theories on crime.
1. Why may Durkheim's functionalist views be off-putting to criminologists?
2. According to Durkheim how does crime reaffirm societal values?
3.According to Durkheim what factors cause crime?